Patrick CenterSeptember 10, 2013 | WGVU “It’s got to be an international process. You’ve got to bring in people from both sides of the conflict together. Countries that are supportive of both sides have to come together on this. You have to have some verifiability that the chemical weapons are being disposed of it’s going to be a long process. I don’t think it’s something you’re going to do overnight or in a couple weeks. But we have to give it a chance. I think it’s important that we take this opportunity and look for diplomatic efforts because the American people are not behind a U.S. military strike and we want to see another chance for peace to prosper there. It’s not going to resolve the whole civil war obviously, but at least it takes the horrendous weapons off the table.”

WGVU asked U.S. Representative Justin Amash if he’s skeptical?

“Sure, you’re always going to be skeptical about what’s going on in international diplomacy. You’ve got powers around the world who don’t necessarily agree with us on a lot of issues and we have to work with them. The same is true when you’re a congressman you work with all sorts of people who might disagree with you on things and you have to remain a little bit skeptical until you see the results. But that doesn’t mean you don’t give it the opportunity to happen. Until now, I feel the administration didn’t really work the diplomatic efforts very hard and made some blunders along the way. So, I’m glad to see the diplomatic route being given a chance here.”